this is the story of our life at "Rosevale on the Palouse Prairie" in eastern Washington State, and my love affair with all things fiber/fabric.
'BeanQueen' you might ask, well in my previous life I was the curater of the Phaseolus Germplasm Collection (beans native to the western hemisphere) in the United States. My lovely #2 sister gifted me with my 'nom autre'.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

And it's still foggy & frozen

Really, really tired of this - and what else can one complain about but the weather?I am entering my log of fabric remnants that I cut and sorted to color. Then I will have a place to look to see if I can find something to use before I buy more. This is one of my 2014 goals - use up what you have BEFORE you buy more. And that's in everything, too. I'm trying "craft from the bins", "cook from the pantry" & "maintain the house from the cupboard". A worthy idea, NO?I got to go to a sew day at one of our LQS's (well I really don't have a LQS, but I figure the ones within 30 miles are local to me, LOL). It was nice to work uninterrupted for a bit & I git a start on a Quilts of Valor quilt I've been wanting to do. It will not be easy as it consists of 24 blocks that 24 different people made & donated. They were put into a bag & passed out to folks who would make a quilt with them. I provide the sashing, borders, and the labor. I think I've figured out a way to make it work. Yesterday I just added borders to the blocks so I could cut them all the same size before I put them together. I thought I would just sew them into strips, but because they are not the same size the borders don't match. Voila' !!! an idea. I figure I will cut them "wonky", sew them together in strips and it won't matter that the seams don't match! I'll have to mix in the 4 blocks that I cut "square" in the mix - I don't think anyone will notice.the DH feels a bit better, but this was a hard one on him. He really got the "stuffing knocked out of him" and it's going to be a while before he gets back to normal.